whilst

Who acts: She, they · What happens: put down, get, speak, come, fly, give up · To what, where: candles, stile, fiery dragon, air, mad idea · Speech: someone speaks here

«whilst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: whilst in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

During the time that; at the same time as.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	During	during	ADP	_	3 time	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 time	det
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 time	dep
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 that	punct
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 time	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 that	obl
10	as	as	ADV	_	9 time	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

She put down the candles whilst she got over the stile.

From English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 put	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 candles	det
5	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obj
6	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 got	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 put	advcl
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 stile	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stile	det
11	stile	stile	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put down	past	She	the candles					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent candle=Goal
2	get	past	she			the stile			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over stile=Destination

Example 2

Whilst they were speaking a fiery dragon came flying through the air.

From The Yellow Fairy Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	4 speaking	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 speaking	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 speaking	aux
4	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 came	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dragon	det
6	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dragon	amod
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaking	obj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 came	xcomp
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 air	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flying	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past · progressive	they	a fiery dragon		tree rules
2	come	past				tree rules
3	fly	gerund			the air	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location

Example 3

For mercy's sake give up this mad idea and retire whilst you can."

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 sake	case
2	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sake	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mercy	case
4	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 give	compound:prt
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 idea	det
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 idea	amod
9	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 retire	cc
11	retire	retire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 give	conj
12	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	14 can	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 can	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 retire	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	present		this mad idea				for mercy's sake	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Source
2	retire	infinitive							vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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